DOT plans changes to I-26/N.C. 191 exit

DOT plan seeks better traffic flow

9:09 PM,
Feb. 21, 2014

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The state Department of Transportation is working on plans to reconfigure the Interstate 26-Brevard Road interchange near Biltmore Square Mall to ease traffic flow.

DOT has set a meeting Tuesday to get public comment, although engineers acknowledge it is uncertain when any construction will actually be done.

There are times when congestion slows movement from Brevard Road, numbered N.C. 191, onto I-26, and more issues are expected as traffic increases over the next 20-25 years, said Rick Tipton, DOT division construction engineer. ...